Support for miners&#39; lamps.



No. 658,642. Patented Sept. 25, I900.

0. J. HECKEL.

SUPPORT FOR MINERS LAMPS.

(Application filed may 26, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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Nrrnn STATE ATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN JonN I-IECKEL, or PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY J. POPE, OF ETNA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUPPORT FOR MINERS LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming; part of Letters Patent No. 658,642, dated September 25, 1906.

Serial No. 18,069. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN JOHN HEoK- EL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand Improved Support forMinersLamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved support or bracket for miners lamps which is simple and durable in construction, readily attached to a miners cap, very neat in appearance, and arranged to properly hold a lamp in place and allow the lamp to assume an upright position no matter whether the miner is standing upright or bending forward or sidewise.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied, and Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same with the cap also shown in section.

The improved support consists, essentially,

of a skeleton frame A, preferably made of Wire bent into inverted-Z shape, the upper end of the frame being fastened by rivets or other means B to the top of a miners cap 0, the lower end being similarly secured by rivets or other means 8 to the vizor C of the cap. On the back of the frame is arranged a backing-piece D, of asbestos or other fireproof material, extending over the front portion of the top of the cap and then down the front portion of the crown thereof to terminate at the beginning of the vizor, as is plainly indicated in the drawings, said back-piece being secured in position on the cap by the rivets or fastening means mentioned.

On the upper portion of the skeleton frame A is formed an eye E, adapted to be engaged by the hook F of a lamp F, of usual con- 1 struction. The lower portion of the body of the lamp F is adapted to rest in a socket G, made approximately semicircular in shape and forming part of the frame A. The shank of the hook F passes in front of a segmental guide H, extending approximately in a horizontal plane and passing through the eye E, the center of said guide being in the center of with the hook F in the eye E as a fulcrum, the shank of the hook is properly guided on said guide H and causes the lamp to assume at all times an upright position no matter whether. the miner is standing upright or bending forward or sidewise. On the upper portion of the skeleton frame A is also formed an eye I, adapted to receive a nail, pin, or like tool used by miners for picking the wick of the lamp.

From the foregoing it is evident that when the miner stands upright the .lower or body portion of the lamp F rests in the socket G, and when the miner stoops forward the lamp is free to swing outward to retain its upright position, especially as the guide H engages the shank of the hook F, the said guide H also guiding the shank, and consequently the lamp, during a subsequent sidewise movement of the miner.

It is understood that the backing-piece D prevents the flame of the lamp from reaching the head-gear, so that there is no danger of the head-gear being set on fire when the lamp sways about while the miner is at work.

The socket G is preferably covered with rubber tubing, leather, or like material to lessen the noise and the force of the continual thump against the front of the holder when the wearer is at work or walking.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A support for minors lamps, comprising a wire frame bent to fit upon a cap, and provided in its upper portion between the members thereof with an eye to receive the hook of the lamp, a segmental guard projecting horizontally forwardly between the members of the frame and in front of the said eye, and

the eye E,so that when the lamp s wings around,

circular socket secured to the lower portion of the frame and in which the lamp-bod y rests,

substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my [5 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN JOHN HEOKEL.

Witnesses:

O. F. ANDERSON, G. J. ANDERSON. 

